Historical Documents

We have gathered information about enslaved people from the US Census records, estate inventories, private letters, Federal army rolls, print publications, city directories, and cemetery burial records. The following is a selection of our research documents that shed additional light on the history of the enslaved people at Belmont. It is by no means exhaustive and researchers are encouraged to reach out for more information.

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Clicking on the link will download either a document containing images of the document. These sources contain racist language and/or racist stereotypes which were commonly in use during the time when the document was created.

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** A note about the Indexes - These are research lists complied by staff over the years of all known named enslaved individuals. As such, some people appear in multiple documents and are listed multiple times. Also, there is overlap between the Tennessee and Louisiana lists, such as in the case of London, who was purchased in Louisiana and died in Nashville, or of the Jackson family who appear in two Estate Inventory's in Gallatin, Tennessee and were then sent to Louisiana, where they appear on other documents.